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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
New-Type Urbanization Governance and Urban
Carbon Emissions:
A Quasi-Natural Experiment from China
1
School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
2
University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Submission date: 2024-06-12
Final revision date: 2024-08-22
Acceptance date: 2024-09-21
Online publication date: 2025-02-13
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7819-7833
KEYWORDS
New-type urbanization pilot policycarbon emissionsupgrading of industrial structuregreen innovationenergy efficiency
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Based on city-level panel data from 2006 to 2021 in China, this study considers the “National
Comprehensive Pilot of New Urbanization” policy as a quasi-natural experiment and employs a multiperiod
double-difference model to empirically investigate the impact of this pilot policy on urban carbon
emissions. The findings demonstrate that the new-type urbanization pilot policy (NTUPP) significantly
reduces carbon emissions in cities. Moreover, this emission reduction effect is more pronounced
in central and western regions, non-resource-based cities, and cities with high levels of residents’
environmental awareness. The comprehensive pilot policy for new-type urbanization has effectively
decreased urban carbon emissions by promoting industrial structure transformation and upgrading,
enhancing green innovation capacity, and improving energy efficiency. Further investigation reveals
that the carbon emission reduction effect of NTUPP will be strengthened with improvements in regional
environmental regulation intensity and informatization level.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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